Walmart latest retailer to require wearing of masks

  • Jordyn Fletcher, 4, walks in the Lake City Walmart Super Center parking lot with Rebecca Fletcher and Jayden Fletcher, 9, Wednesday afternoon while the family was shopping at Walmart without masks. On Wednesday Walmart and Sam’s Club announced that effective July 20, customers will be required to wear face coverings when shopping at its stores. (TONY BRITT/Lake City Reporter)
    Jordyn Fletcher, 4, walks in the Lake City Walmart Super Center parking lot with Rebecca Fletcher and Jayden Fletcher, 9, Wednesday afternoon while the family was shopping at Walmart without masks. On Wednesday Walmart and Sam’s Club announced that effective July 20, customers will be required to wear face coverings when shopping at its stores. (TONY BRITT/Lake City Reporter)

    NEW YORK — Walmart will require customers to wear face coverings at all of its namesake and Sam’s Club stores, making it the largest retailer to introduce such a policy that has otherwise proven diffi…